Edith Atwater

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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

48

Gender

Female

Birthday

1911-04-22

Deathday

1986-03-14 (74 years old)

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Edith Atwater

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Edith Atwater (April 22, 1911 – March 14, 1986) was an American stage, film and television actress.

Born in Chicago, Illinois, Atwater made her Broadway debut in 1933. In 1939 she starred in The Man Who Came to Dinner.

On screen she appeared in such films as The Body Snatcher, Sweet Smell of Success, and Strait-Jacket. Her television work included roles on The Rockford Files and Knots Landing.

Atwater was married to actor Hugh Marlowe in 1941. She later married Kent Smith, with whom she remained married until his death in 1985, a year before her own death. She had no children.

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Known For

True Grit
7.3%

True Grit

Jun 11, 1969

Sweet Smell of Success
7.6%

Sweet Smell of Success

Jul 4, 1957

Family Plot
6.7%

Family Plot

Apr 9, 1976

Bonanza
7.5%

Bonanza

Sep 12, 1959

Bonanza
7.5%

Bonanza

Sep 12, 1959

Family Ties
7.3%

Family Ties

Sep 22, 1982

The Body Snatcher
7.0%

The Body Snatcher

May 25, 1945

Strait-Jacket
6.6%

Strait-Jacket

Jan 19, 1964

Hart to Hart
6.8%

Hart to Hart

Sep 22, 1979

Hart to Hart
6.8%

Hart to Hart

Sep 22, 1979

The Rockford Files
7.5%

The Rockford Files

Sep 13, 1974

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Acting

1982
Family Ties as Trudy Harris
1979
Knots Landing as Dr. Gillian McCary
1979
Hart to Hart
1979
Hart to Hart as Dr. Jane Barrett
1978
Die Sister, Die! as Amanda
1978
Kaz
1978
Kaz as Illsa Fogel
1978
Mean Dog Blues as Linda's Mother
1977
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries as Gertrude Hardy
1976
Family Plot as Mrs. Clay
1975
Mackintosh and T.J. as Mrs. Webster
1975
Switch as Mrs. Wood
1975
Baretta
1974
The Rockford Files as Kate Banning
1974
Our Time as Mrs. Pendleton
1973
Doc Elliot
1972
Stand Up and Be Counted as Sophie
1971
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law as Eleanor Hamilton
1971
The Love Machine as Mary
1970
Norwood as Angry Bus Passenger
1970
Pieces of Dreams as Mrs. Lind (Gregory's Mother)
1970
Nanny and the Professor as Miss Dunbar
1969
Room 222
1969
True Grit as Mrs. Floyd
1969
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting as Hospital Desk Nurse (uncredited)
1969
Ride a Northbound Horse as Mrs. Addy Mason
1967
Judd for the Defense
1967
Ironside
1966
Love on a Rooftop as Phyllis Hammond
1965
The Legend of Jesse James as Sarah Todd
1965
Strange Bedfellows as Mrs. Stevens
1964
Profiles in Courage as Mrs. Andrews
1964
Strait-Jacket as Mrs. Fields
1963
It Happened at the World's Fair as Miss Steuben
1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Mrs. Benner
1961
Dr. Kildare as Miss Thorton
1959
Bonanza as Roberta (uncredited)
1959
Bonanza as Roberta Lund
1957
Decoy as Lily Flagler
1957
Sweet Smell of Success as Mary
1954
The Wonderful World of Disney as Mrs. Addy Mason
1951
Teresa as Mrs. Lawrence
1949
C-Man as Lydia Brundage
1949
Suspense as Louise Lord
1949
Suspense
1948
The Philco Television Playhouse as Marian Burnett
1945
The Body Snatcher as Meg Camden
1936
We Went to College as Nina Talbot
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